Kabul's air pollution kills more people than war
Kabul is one of the most polluted cities in the world. Afghanistan's Health Ministry says more than 3,000 people die every year because of pollution. Al Jazeera's Mohamad ElBardicy reports on what’s
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Avalanches caused by heavy snow kill at least 124 people in Afghanistan
Avalanches caused by a heavy winter snow have killed at least 124 people in north-eastern Afghanistan, an emergency official said on Wednesday, as rescuers clawed through debris with their hands to save
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Flash floods batter Afghanistan, at least 22 dead
At least 22 people in Afghanistan were killed and farmland was damaged when flash floods hit a plain near the capital, officials said on Sunday. Normally arid Afghanistan can get heavy rain in its summer
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Cold weather kills 17 in Afghan camps
Severe cold weather sweeping through camps for people displaced by the Afghan war has killed 17 people, mostly children, Amnesty International said Tuesday. The deaths occurred in the first two weeks of
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More than 70 feared dead in Afghan quakes
More than 70 people, most women and children, are feared dead after a landslide triggered by a double earthquake engulfed their Afghan village, officials said on Tuesday. Two shallow quakes less than
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TAPI gas pipeline: final round of talks in Kabul on April 19
Final round of talks among the four participating counties of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project would be held in Kabul on April 19 to finalise the structure of the much-needed
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Harsh winter kills 40 children in Afghanistan
A harsh winter has killed almost 40 children in Afghanistan in the past month, most of them in refugee camps in Kabul with aid groups warning Sunday of more deaths as temperatures keep falling. Twenty-four
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Munda Dam project: Wapda signs Rs 611.5 million accord
Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) on Thursday signed an agreement worth rupees 611.5 million for preparation of detailed engineering design and tender documents of Munda Dam Multipurpose Project
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Afghans at risk of infection with new HIV strain
Frequent travels, past displacement and current repatriation of millions of Afghans have put the Afghan population at risk of infection with novel, possibly drug-resistant strains of human immunodeficiency
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Proposed dams on Kabul River: Pakistan to suffer drop in water supply
Experts at a conference on Tuesday said Pakistan would suffer 16 to 17 per cent drop in water supply from Afghanistan after construction of 13 dams on Kabul River. They said time had come to enter into